New York Photos of the Week: March 10-16

Updated March 16, 2012 10:46 a.m. ET

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Damaged scaffolding hung from the Brooklyn Bridge on March 13 after a crane being towed behind a tugboat on the East River struck the scaffolding. Traffic across the bridge was snarled but the historic structure was undamaged. (Related article: Crane Strikes Brooklyn Bridge Scaffolding)
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Jaynie Baker appeared with her attorney Robert C. Gottlieb in Manhattan Criminal Court on March 13 on a charge of promoting prostitution. (Related article: Madam Case 'Matchmaker' Denies Charge)
Rob Bennett for The Wall Street Journal…

About 30 children competed in a chess tournament at The Cloisters Museum in New York on March 11. The museum is currently displaying an exhibition 'The Game of Kings: Medieval Ivory Chessmen from the Isle of Lewis.'
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Trent Furnace, center, of Brockport, N.Y., was among hundreds of dancers who came to audition for Pilobolus last week in Midtown. (Related article: When They Say Jump...)
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Catherine Carbaja wore a costume in the gallery of the Cindy Sherman exhibit at MoMA during a cocktail reception and dance party inside the museum on March 10. (Related article: MoMA, Transformed)
Astrid Stawiarz for The Wall Street Journal…

An Occupy member waved a U.S. flag in New Haven's camp. The encampment, located on the New Haven Green Park, escaped eviction after a judge granted the activists a stay until March 28. New Haven is one of the last two remaining Occupy camps in New England.
Natalie Keyssar for The Wall Street Journal…

Chocolate lava cake at Meat Me, at 726 Amsterdam Ave., between 95th and 96th streets in New York.
Julie Glassberg for the Wall Street Journal…

Armand Olivier Bell searched for a tie to pair with a bottle of Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio at Saks Fifth Avenue. (Related article: Have Some Wine With That Tie)
Natalie Keyssar for The Wall Street Journal…

Artist Elizabeth Behl, who is known as 'Z,' debuted her show "Battle For Lagniappe" at 7Eleven Gallery in the West Village. (Related article: Artist Afloat in TriBeCa)
Daniella Zalcman for The Wall Street Journal…

The International Gem Tower on West 47th Street in the diamond district of Manhattan. (Related article: A Building in the Rough)
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Lloyd Knight, a dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company, rehearsed for the company's performance of the 1939 comic work 'Every Soul is a Circus,' at the Joyce Theater in Manhattan.
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Flowers bloomed in Battery Park on March 14.
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